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How it begins hc

-you first meet the straw hats when visiting a town, looking for a place to work and have stability.

-today was your first day of your job, after a lot of convincing that you could handle the tough activities you'd be paid to do.

-your large figure definitely drew eyes but it wasn't what caught the crew's attention.

-nope. It was the absolute unit of a massive tree you were carrying with one arm while the other was occupied by a cart full to the brim with logs that would normally be pulled by 4 horses.

-it wasn't hard to miss either with every town dweller making space for you while side eyeing you nervously.

-Luffy was the first (and at the moment only person) to approach you with such enthusiasm.

-it surprised you for sure, but you tried to mimic half the enthusiasm out of politeness.

-"greetings sir, lovely weather we're having?"

-"it's really cold actually."

-his bluntness was another little surprise, but you found it amusing nonetheless. It's nice to have a friendly chat with someone for once, outside of work, of course.

-speaking of, you couldn't stay too long, and although you could hold these logs all day, you'd rather not waste time.

-so you leave him be, thinking it'd be the last time you two would speak.

-well you were wrong.

-This time you'd meet the straw hat's crew consisting of a red head navigator, a long nosed sharp shooter, a blonde chef, a mossy green swords man, and a cute little reindeer.

-turns out their boat was a little worn, nothing too expensive, but definitely wouldn't survive the places they'd be going.

-the swordsman, reindeer, and the long nosed man were skeptical when meeting you, the deer and long nose were for fear reasons, the greenie was mostly suspicious but also somewhat uninterested.

-you didn't find this weird though, you were use to it, however you didn't know that they were judging your every move because their captain put you on the "going to make my nakama" list.

-gotta make sure your future crewmate isn't bad news, y'know?

-after they hang around, waiting for their ship to get some small repairs, some of the crew members eventually start talking.

-the blonde chef man was one of the first (other than Luffy) to actually introduce himself. He was very courteous, always offering to bring you and the red head a drink even after you declined politely the 5th time.

-the skittish man and deer would test the waters, waiting for Luffy and Sanji to start the conversations before getting comfortable enough to have small chatter.

-Chopper was pretty happy to not be called a little dog for once, and appreciated you not treating him like... an animal? Even though he is technically an animal, he appreciates not getting treated as less...

-and Usopp found a lot of what you are working with fascinating, adding his own tidbits and insights about certain tools you were holding in that moment.

-you knew nothing of what he said.

-although it seemed like it, you weren't an engineer, but you were useful when it came to positioning hard-to-move parts.

-but despite not looking at them as you held a large, heavy beam for another coworker to hammer on tight, you listened carefully and answered every other question.